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Building Partnerships

In September 2018, the HKEAA delegation Entrance Examination Center (CEEC) in Taipei
joined the 44th International Association for to share its experience in developing the
Educational Assessment (IAEA) Conference HKDSE under the New Academic Structure in
with the theme of ‘Assessment and Big Hong Kong. Over 600 participants from the
Data’ in Oxford, the United Kingdom. Ministry of Education, universities,
Representatives from the HKEAA presented educational research centres, and secondary
its strategies and practices in the use of schools from different regions of Taiwan
examination data, such as predicting candidates’ attended the conference.
performance in the HKDSE, grading in the
HKDSE Chemistry subject, provision of Ms Brooke Hartigan, Minister-Counsellor for
SEAs for SEN candidates, and the use of Education and Research at the Australian
examination data by schools. Embassy in Beijing, visited the HKEAA in
March 2019. The development of the
Led by Dr So Kwok-sang, Secretary General, HKDSE and the recognition of the HKDSE by
the HKEAA took part in the 13th Cross-Strait Australian universities for admission were
Conference on Educational and discussed.
Psychological Testing held in Taiwan in
October 2018 and presented a paper on the In April 2019, the HKEAA delegation visited
use of post-assessment data analysis in The Education Examinations Authority (EEA)
teachers’ assessment literacy training. In of Guangdong Province. A Memorandum of
November 2018, the HKEAA also participated Collaboration was signed with the EEA for
in a conference organised by the College collaboration and sharing of best practices in
examinations and assessment development.

Dr So Kwok-sang, Secretary General, shared
experience in question setting for public
examinations at the CEEC’s conference

Ms Brooke Hartigan (second from left) from the
Australian Embassy in Beijing visited the HKEAA
to discuss the recognition of the HKDSE by
Australian universities

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